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Monday, December 19, 2011

Comic Books / Film New Trailer for The Mushle Fuffle Waffle House Rishes

Posted by Erik Henriksen on Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 11:44 AM

THE DARK KNIGHT RISES Hufflepuff shmentor!
  • THE DARK KNIGHT RISES "Hufflepuff shmentor!"

Over at Apple there's a new trailer for The Dark Knight Rises, AKA That Movie Where No One Can Understand a Goddamn Thing One of the Major Characters Says. In the trailer Bane blows up a football field (TAKE THAT FOOTBALL ENTHUSIASTS!) and Catwoman gets all up in Batman's face and is all, "SOCIAL COMMENTARY!"

I generally really enjoy Christoper Nolan's films—especially The Dark Knight—but I'm usually more impressed with his ability to dream up massive, surreal imagery and then score it with gut-rattling percussion than anything else; narratively, I almost always find things to be pretty lacking. I have no doubt The Dark Knight Rises will deliver plenty of badass, percussion-pounding moments, but seeing how muddy the narratives for Nolan's movies usually are, I'm also getting a Spider-Man 3 vibe from the 4,000 characters he's decided to cram into his final Bat-movie.

 

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Not to mention the unarguable fact that Bane is the single worst Batman villain ever conceived. Seriously, he’s a steroid addicted luchador. I'll see the movie, but it's looking very unlikely that I'll enjoy it.
Posted by Fruit Cup on December 19, 2011 at 12:41 PM · Report
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July 20, 2012? No, I'm busy that day.
Posted by Todd Mecklem on December 19, 2011 at 12:48 PM · Report
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We saw the trailer in front of the new Sherlock Holmes this weekend (very enjoyable, incidentally). It was a little confusing and not terribly exciting, Bane's character design is pretty dull. Hard to top Joker, really.

BANE BUSTS BATS' BACK
Posted by cat & beard on December 19, 2011 at 1:20 PM · Report
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Um, Fruit Cup... You're great and stuff. You're one of the more intelligent people who hangs around this here net-hole, but right now you're utterly and completely wrong-pants about this.

In a world that includes Crazy Quilt, Ten Eyed Man, Kite Man, and the Mad Hatter, Ban is far, far from being the single worst Batman villain. Despite his 90s-tastic character design, I've always found him pretty interesting. He's musclebound, but he's also as intelligent and conniving as Batman. He's basically the anti-Bat, and a fitting villain for Nolan's aesthetic.

Also, I'm firmly in the "I hope Nolan kills Bruce Wayne" camp.
Posted by The Right Reverend Rocktimus Prime on December 19, 2011 at 1:36 PM · Report
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@R3, I know my opinion isn't widely shared, but I can't help it. I followed Bane from his first appearance (actually had the real thing before all my comics were stolen) all the way through Knightfall. I just. I don't know. I can't get away from how he's a steroid addled luchador. I hate him. He's just the worst (for me).

The Mad Hatter is awesomesauce.
Posted by Fruit Cup on December 19, 2011 at 3:05 PM · Report
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Eh, it was the 90s. As someone who grew up actually reading Spawn (I know- I'm sorry) I can forgive Bane's look as being a product of its time.

Sucks about your comics being stolen. That's pretty damn terrible.
Posted by The Right Reverend Rocktimus Prime on December 19, 2011 at 3:20 PM · Report
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Yes. Spawn. I think 1 - 40 all stolen along with the rest of my comics. Also most of the early 90s catalog as well as a crap ton of X-men and Avengers. Sob.

Oddly enough my HS yearbooks as well. But those I don't really miss.
Posted by Fruit Cup on December 19, 2011 at 3:57 PM · Report

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